Oil Paint and ventilation

[Bhrazz]

Hey there folks!

I would like to start painting again ( oil and solvent ). However in my new place and with a baby around, the only place where i could do it, is in the back storage. Which is about 6ftX5ft and 8ft high.

A Air ventilation with Hepa filter is not a solution due to space....

Will a Kitchen Air vent do the trick and keep me safe?


If anyone has info about it or a link it would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks!

[bjoern3000]

Why do you want to use a solvent for painting in oils?

Solvents aren't really necessary. As a medium you can use pure linseed oil and as a brush cleaner use a fatty soap (I guess the english name for it is curd soap).

I myself don't use solvents.

[Emil_J.]

I have also been looking around for a safe way to do oil painting, i'm trying these out at the moment:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/ma...co-oil-medium/
http://www.dickblick.com/products/maimeri-eco-cleaner/

[JeffX99]

How about getting a portable setup and working outside?
And just a warning from experience, be careful with materials once that baby starts toddling about. Some of the paints themselves can be very harmful.

[Bhrazz]

already done last summer, is wet, cold and full of snow now...

[Bhrazz]

already done last summer, is wet, cold and full of snow now...

[JeffX99]

Maybe focus on drawing through the wet, colder months?